CIRP is the world leading organization in production engineering research and is at the forefront of design, optimization, control and management of processes, machines and systems. The Academy has restricted membership based on demonstrated excellence in research and has some 600 academic and industrial members from 50 industrialized countries.

The CIRP Global Web Conference – CIRPe is an initiative of the CIRP Research Affiliates and aims to involve scientists, researchers and engineers from all over the world to promote discussion on the latest achievements in Production Engineering.